The 2nd International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Applied Science Innovations (ICETASI 2026) has officially and successfully concluded. Held from September 24 to 26, 2026, at the beautiful facilities of the Department of Environment of the Ionian University in Zakynthos, Greece, the conference brought together leading academics, researchers, and industry professionals from around the globe with local decision-makers. This year’s edition successfully bridged the gap between theoretical research and practical applications, focusing on critical advancements in Circular Economy, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability, and Smart Technologies.
EOS Association and the Organizing Committee would like to thank the Department of Environment of the Ionian University for co-organizing and hosting the event, and the Municipality of Zakynthos, the Zakynthos Chamber of Commerce, and the Helias Branch of the Hellenic Mathematical Society for their support and cooperation, as well as the attendees, committee members, authors, sponsors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.
Statistics
- 55 Presentations
- 32 full academic papers that were forwarded to Engineering Proceedings for publication
- 46% acceptance rate
- 6 Posters
- More than 100 attendees
- 2 round tables
- 1 workshop
- Participants from 9 countries (Greece, Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Iraq, India, Turkiye, USA, UK)
Highlights
Plenary speech by dr. K. Kabassi, Professor, Member of the Board of Governance of Ionian University, Department of Environment
Keynote speeches:
Dr. Konstantinos Kaminakis, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing and Communication, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Fon Hah, Managing Director and CEO, Clinc to Cloud
Dr. Michael Meimaris, Professor Emeritus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Dr. Dionysios Karavidas, Assistant Professor, PhD – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK, FHEA
Round table: The place of Mathematics in the modern landscape of education. Moderator: A. Kalampoka, HMS
Round table: Circular Economy. Moderator: Georgia Kalamara, journalist, Zakynthos, with:
- D. Avgerinopoulou, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Special Standing Committee on Environmental Protection of the Greek Parliament
- D. Aktipis, Member of Parliament, Member of the Special Standing Committee on Environmental Protection of the Greek Parliament
- N. Giakoumelos, Deputy Mayor for Sanitation, Zakynthos Municipality
- D. Panagiotaras, President, Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Ionian University, Greece
- A. Kyritsis, Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Ionian University, Greece
- D. Golemis, Zakynthos Chamber of Commerce
- A. Alexandridis, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Awards
We would also like to officially congratulate the winners of this year’s ICETASI Awards. All awards were decided by EOS Organization and the chairs of the Organizing Committee, so they are not strictly academic, even though the high level of most submissions made the decision quite difficult. Except from originality and paper soundness, in person presentation, presenter status (emerging researchers were given priority), and alignment with the Conference focus were the main decisive points.
Best Paper, 1st place:
EMERGE-XR: Intent-Driven Low-Latency 5G for Real-Time Extended Reality Emergency Medical Guidance
Authored By: I. Tsilikis, C. Panagiotou, K. Antonopoulos, M. Paraskevas, V. Kapoulas, C. P. Antonopoulos, and N. Voros
Best Paper, 2nd place:
Urban Landscape Configuration and Seasonal Land Surface Temperature in Metropolitan Athens
Authored By: Georgios Samoilis, Georgios Kefalas, and Konstantinos Poirazidis
Best Paper, 3rd place:
Extending a Multilayer Agent-Based Model for COVID-19 Transmission with Public Transport and Church Attendance Layers: A Case Study for Patras, Greece
Authored By: Vasileios Thomopoulos and Panagiotis Tzoudas
Best presentation: E. Faliagka for presenting:
Designing Digital Twin Specifications for Urban Mobility Optimization in Patras and Nicosia
Authored By: E. Faliagka, T. Politi, C. Ioannou, I. Tsampras, N. Temene, V. Vassiliou, C. Antonopoulos, N. Voros, and S. Denazis
Best Poster: Haider TH. Salim ALRikabi for:
A Hierarchical AI Framework for Safe RL-Based Control in Distribution Networks
Each awarded paper is entitled to a voucher for the full waiver of the standard publication fee for the publication of one article in a future issue of “Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research” (www.etasr.com). “Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research” is an international OA journal with 16 years of publication history and a sponsor of ICETASI.
